Supporting bracket



May 13, 1941. H. c. DEI-:RING

SUPPORTING BRACKET Filed Aug. 12, 1959 HMM a. 56m

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Patented May 13, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2J241,657 SUPPORTINGBRACKET Herbert IC. Dehring, Genoa, Ohio Application August 12, 1939,Serial No. 289,733

(Cl. 24S-247) 6 Claims.

My invention relates to supporting brackets and particularly to thetypeof bracket for holding or supporting raceways and other articlesabove a baseboard or near a moulding.

Heretofore raceways and similar articles have been fastened to a wall orbaseboard by screwing or nailing them to the wall or baseboard. In thepresent day construction many Walls are made of metal, stone or othermaterial so that it is practically impossible to fasten raceways orother articles by nailing or screwing them to the wall, baseboards ormouldings. My novel supporting bracket provides a means for fasteningracevvays and the articles regardless of the kind of wall, baseboard ormoulding.

One object of my invention is to provide a supporting lbracket that canbe used with allkinds of building material such as stone, brick, metal,wood and many others.

Another object of my invention is to provide a supporting b-racket thatis inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of my invention is to provide a supporting bracket thatis inexpensive to install.

Another object of my invention is to provide a supporting bracket thatreadily adapts itself to quantity production.

Another object of my invention is to provide a supporting bracket thathas a minimum number of parts.

Another object of my invention is to provide a supporting bracket thatis rigid and durable.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of the various parts of myimproved device as described in the specication, claimed in the claims,and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

1 is a plan view of my novel supporting bracket in a partially nishedstage.

Fig. 2 is a side view of my novel supporting bracket.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the bracket shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing an installation of my novelsupporting bracket.

Fig. 5 is a side view of another form of my novel supporting bracket.

Fig. 6 is a View partially in section showing a portion of a racewayfastened to my novel form of bracket shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken through one of the lugs.

1 my novel supporting bracket in a partially nished form. The part I0 isstamped from a plain sheet of metal. Lugs I I are stamped in the partIII. A substantially large section I2 is stamped or sheared from thepart I0 and is then bent substantially at right angles to the remainderof the bracket as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Holes I3 are stamped in thebracket. These holes I3 may or may not be threaded.

Thus it will readily be seen than an. angular section is formed providedwith a dependent member I4. The dependent member is provided with lugsII so inclined thatthey readily allow being pushed or pounded between awall and a baseboard or moulding as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is asectional View showing the construction of the lug II. Once thesupporting bracket is installed it can readily be seen that the lugs IIwould resist any force tending to remove the bracket.

Fig. 4 shows one of my novel supporting brackets installed between awall I5 and a baseboard I6. A raceway I'I carrying electric wires I8has' been fastened to the bracket by means of the sheet metal screws I9.

In installations were the wall and baseboard are such that they cannotbe penetrated by sheet metal screws the holes I3 can be threaded andthen the raceway I'I can be fastened to the bracket by means of shortYscrews that engage with the threads of the holes I3 but do notpenetrate the Wall or baseboard.

Fig. 5 discloses a form of my novel supporting bracket that is providedwith lugs 20. These lugs 20 can be inserted in slots or holes ofraceways or other articles and then bent over as shown in Fig. 6. Thus araceway 2I can be secured to the bracket without the use of nails orscrews.

From the foregoing description it can readily be seen that my novelsupporting bracket has many applications. It is simple, durable, strongand inexpensive. It does not require any machining. It readily lendsitself to quantity production because it is a single stamping andconsequently requires no assembling. My novel supporting bracket can beused for a wide range of purposes and it requires no skill to installit.

It can readily be seen that several modifications of my invention can bemade. While I have described several forms of my invention it is to beunderstood that I am not to be limited to these details except by thescope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A supporting bracket for raceways comprising a T-shaped stamping,said T-shaped stamping having; a substantially right angle section, adependent member extending from said ri-ght angle section, saiddependent member being provided with lugs for securing said dependentmember between a mopboard and a wall, and a means for fastening araceway to said supporting bracket. l

2. A supporting bracket for raceways comprising a unitary T-shapedstamping, said stamping having; an angular section, a dependent memberextending from said angular section, said dependent member beingprovided with lugs for securing said dependent member between a mopboardand a wall, and a means for fastening a raceway to said supportingbracket.

3. A supporting bracket comprising, a unitary stamping, said stampinghaving a substantially right angle section, lugs protruding from saidright angle section adapted to fasten a raceway or other article to saidbracket, a flat member extending from said right angle section adaptedto be inserted between two substantially flat surfaces and a meansadapted to l'iold said supporting bracket in position.

4. A supporting bracket for raceways, comprising a at section, adependent finger struck substantially at right angles to said flatsection, a series of lugs struck from the proximity of one end of saidiiat section adapted to hold said supporting bracket in position aftersaid end of said iiat member provided with said lugs has been insertedbetween a mopboard and a wall, and a plurality of dependent fingersstruck from said dependent finger and from said flat section adapted tobe inserted in the slots of said raceway and then bent for securing saidraceway in position.

5. A stamped bracket for supporting raceways ycomprising a flat .member,a large dependent finger struck from said flat member intermediate itsends at substantially right angles to l said member, a plurality of lugsstruck from the lower end of said flat member for holding said stampedbracket in position after said lower end of said bracket has beeninserted between a mopboard and a Wall, and a plurality of smalldependent ngers struck from the proin'mity of the upper end of said flatmember and from said largel dependent iinger adapted to be inserted in aslot of said raceway and bent to secure said raceway in position.

6. A stamped bracket for supporting raceways comprising a ilat portion,a dependent portion struck at substantially right angles to said atportion, a dependent ringer struck from said dependent portion, adependent finger struck from said nat portion above said dependentportion, said dependent fingers adapted to secure a raceway to saidbracket, and a plurality of lugs struck from said flat portion belowsaid dependent portion for holding said bracket in position after it isinstalled between a mopboard and a wall.

HERBERT C. DEHRING.

